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"Fire razed through its empty buildings as garbage pilled up in the vacant lots between them. Evictions. Squats. Riots. Neo-Ricans. Graffiti. Casitas. Claiming the unused land as our own."

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Photos of the LES - 1980s

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"Jose “Cochise” Quiles and Clayton Patterson provide a brutally honest, self-reflective and moving account of one person’s struggle to break the cycle of violence and poverty since birth through creativity and compassion for others..."